16 January 2025 - Auto
parts trader was a 'true gent'
Obituary
of Richard Chambers, aged 78, who owned the Gearbox shop in Cherry Trees for
over 50 years
Gravesend &
Dartford Messenger
19 January 2025 - Garden
pagoda fire
2 engines from Dartford fire
brigade attend at 10.47am at Conifer Avenue.
Believed to be accidental.
Kent
Fire Brigade
11 February 2025 - B260
Main Road, Longfield reopens after bus
crash
Collision between bus and car on
Main Road at Hartley Road junction, driver of car taken to
hospital
Dartford
Messenger
20 February 2025 -
Villagers welcome news a new pub could rise from the
ashes
Planning application lodged to
rebuild the Green Man at Hodsoll Street following fire in 2021. The idea is for a ground floor pub with
rooms to rent above. (Additional
notes: as of 17/4/25 the application has not been determined. There are a lot of supportive comments on
Sevenoaks's website, but some concerns that this might be a trojan horse
application to get a house instead in a few years'
time)
Gravesend & Dartford
Messenger
28 February 2025 -
Hartley Crime Report: January and
February
Theft of vehicles - 2 (Ash
Road, Dickens Close); theft of parcel - 1 (Northfield); theft of wheelie bin
- 1 (Downs Valley); theft of lawn mower - 1 (Country Club); attempted break
in of outbuildings - 2 (Ash Road, Church Road); Criminal damage - 2 (Church
Road, Merton Avenue)
E-Watch
28 February 2025 -
Longfield Crime Report: September and
October
Criminal Damage - 3 (Fawkham
Road, Main Road - 2); break into outbuilding - 2 (Main Road, Station
Road)
E-Watch